It will run but the performance will be pretty poor and pretty much non playable. Even with everything on the lowest settings you'll probably get less then 10 frames per second. You might get a little more under Bootcamp running Windows but it won't be worth it.

macrumors 6502

I have good news for you. Just two days ago, Blizzard released a new patch for diablo3 running on mac's. As of now it should work with the 9400m. I would get a Guestpass and give it a try. Make sure you install that patch!

macrumors 68000

the game runs on core 2 duo with 9400m, but not at high settings. to get best performance possible out of the card (meaning 15-30fps), it's recommended to run everything on low, and possibly in windowed mode at ~1024x650.

macrumors 6502

You can run Diablo 3, but whether or not it's playable, and more importantly, what difficulty you plan to play up to you.

Under boot camp with the newest Nvidia drivers (which are newer than their beta ones), the game is playable at the lowest resolution with all settings on low and all effects off. The experience is terrible, and there are still certain parts of the game (Act 2 sewers, certain parts of Acts 3/4) which are barely playable, if that, but you can get through Normal - Hell difficulty without too much of an issue.

That being said, if you plan on playing hardcore or Inferno difficulty (or worse, both), I personally wouldn't recommend it. You can get through Act 1 Inferno fine, but the inconsistencies of frame rate, and the trouble dealing with certain parts of Acts 2-4 will just make the experience more frustrating than it is enjoyable (this is ignoring the awful game design decisions Blizzard made regarding Inferno).

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I have the early 2008 macbook pro which had an 8600M and it runs acceptably for me. I have the settings all turned down, and the resolution is a little low, but it's definitely playable and enjoyable. More so on my i7 iMac, but for portable Diablo, my macbook runs it fine.

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But that also is a dedicated card, so if yours is a shared...I don't know then

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